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Carnarvon [72]

Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire [41]

Carnarvon Western Australia [18]

Carnarvon Wales [16]

Carnarvon, Wales [10]

Llandudno, Carnarvon [8]

Bangor, Carnarvon [6]

Carnarvon England [5]

Carnarvon Tasmania [5]

Carnarvon North Wales [4]

Carnarvon, Caernarvonshire [4]

Carnarvon, North Wales [3]

Llanbeblig, Carnarvon [3]

Conway, Carnarvon [2]

Llanddeiniolen, Carnarvon [2]

Llanrug, Carnarvon [2]

Nevin, Carnarvon [2]

Bethesda, Carnarvon [1]

Betheson, Carnarvon [1]

Capel Curig, Carnarvon [1]

Carnarvon Shire Wales New South Wales [1]

Carnarvon South Wales New South Wales [1]

Carnarvon, Carnarvon [1]

Carnarvon, London [1]

Carnarvon, Merionethshire [1]

Clynnod, Carnarvon [1]

Creuddyn Carnarvon, Denbighshire [1]

Criccieth, Carnarvon, Wales [1]

Deganwy, Carnarvon [1]

Gwyddelwern, Aberdaron, Carnarvon [1]

Llanberis, Carnarvon [1]

Llanddriniden, Carnarvon [1]

Llandovery, Carnarvon [1]

Llandudno, Carnarvon, Wales [1]

Llanllifni, Carnarvon [1]

Llanllyfni, Carnarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales [1]

Llanllyfrie, Carnarvon [1]

Llanwrda, Carnarvon [1]

Near Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire [1]

Penmaenmawr, Carnarvon [1]

Penthyn, Carnarvon [1]

Port Dinorwig, Carnarvon [1]

Port Donorwic, Carnarvon [1]

Pudaw, Carnarvon [1]

Pwllheli, Carnarvon [1]

Tenby, Carnarvon [1]

Waenfawr, Carnarvon [1]

Wrexham, Carnarvon [1]

Rank

Private [42]

Able Seaman [5]

Serjeant [4]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Fireman [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker 1c [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Warrant Engineer [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Royal Engineers [3]

HMS Victory I [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1]

2nd Australian General Hospital [1]

3/6 RWF [1]

9th Infantry Brigade [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Colleen - Camelia [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Carnarvon" [1]

HM Torpedo Boat 12 [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Camelia [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MAENAD [1]

HMS Minerva [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Terrible [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine: SS Broomhill (Newcastle) [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

Service

Royal Navy [122]

British Army [56]

Australian Imperial Force [50]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [45]

W [37]

R [24]

H [19]

E [18]

P [18]

M [12]

T [12]

O [11]

D [9]

C [5]

G [5]

A [4]

B [4]

S [4]

L [3]

F [2]

K [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [221]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

India [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

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People [234] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Carnarvon [72] Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire [41] Carnarvon Western Australia [18] Carnarvon Wales [16] Carnarvon, Wales [10] Llandudno, Carnarvon [8] Bangor, Carnarvon [6] Carnarvon England [5] Carnarvon Tasmania [5] Carnarvon North Wales [4] Carnarvon, Caernarvonshire [4] Carnarvon, North Wales [3] Llanbeblig, Carnarvon [3] Conway, Carnarvon [2] Llanddeiniolen, Carnarvon [2] Llanrug, Carnarvon [2] Nevin, Carnarvon [2] Bethesda, Carnarvon [1] Betheson, Carnarvon [1] Capel Curig, Carnarvon [1] Carnarvon Shire Wales New South Wales [1] Carnarvon South Wales New South Wales [1] Carnarvon, Carnarvon [1] Carnarvon, London [1] Carnarvon, Merionethshire [1] Clynnod, Carnarvon [1] Creuddyn Carnarvon, Denbighshire [1] Criccieth, Carnarvon, Wales [1] Deganwy, Carnarvon [1] Gwyddelwern, Aberdaron, Carnarvon [1] Llanberis, Carnarvon [1] Llanddriniden, Carnarvon [1] Llandovery, Carnarvon [1] Llandudno, Carnarvon, Wales [1] Llanllifni, Carnarvon [1] Llanllyfni, Carnarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales [1] Llanllyfrie, Carnarvon [1] Llanwrda, Carnarvon [1] Near Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire [1] Penmaenmawr, Carnarvon [1] Penthyn, Carnarvon [1] Port Dinorwig, Carnarvon [1] Port Donorwic, Carnarvon [1] Pudaw, Carnarvon [1] Pwllheli, Carnarvon [1] Tenby, Carnarvon [1] Waenfawr, Carnarvon [1] Wrexham, Carnarvon [1]

Rank

Private [42] Able Seaman [5] Serjeant [4] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Chaplain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Fireman [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker 1c [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Warrant Engineer [1] Warrant Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] South Wales Borderers [6] Royal Engineers [3] HMS Victory I [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Welsh Guards [2] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1] 2nd Australian General Hospital [1] 3/6 RWF [1] 9th Infantry Brigade [1] Australian Infantry [1] Colleen - Camelia [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Carnarvon" [1] HM Torpedo Boat 12 [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Camelia [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MAENAD [1] HMS Minerva [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Terrible [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Labour Corps [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine: SS Broomhill (Newcastle) [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

Service

Royal Navy [122] British Army [56] Australian Imperial Force [50] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [45] W [37] R [24] H [19] E [18] P [18] M [12] T [12] O [11] D [9] C [5] G [5] A [4] B [4] S [4] L [3] F [2] K [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [221] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [17] India [2] Australia [1] France [1]

Owen Pritchard

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3758 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Private 3/6 RWF 1/16th

British Army 266274 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/6th Battalion

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John Herbert Rees

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 20147 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Morys Wynne Jones

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Harry Dugdale Lloyd Jones

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246348 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force 209 Training Depot Station, Lee on Solent

Royal Navy F/46348 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

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Justin Joseph Ruane

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9694 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Robert William Roberts

Born 1885

British Army 8471 Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

British Army 8471 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion (India)

British Army 8471 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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Jane Ann Jones, O.b.e.

Born 1896

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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F J Gregson Williams

Born 1885

Died 1978

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Leonard Cecil Rhodes Parsons

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J84403 Boy 1st Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J84403 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J84403 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

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Llewelyn Jones

Australian Imperial Force 2612

Australian Imperial Force 2612 Private 9th Infantry Brigade 35th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement

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Thomas Evans

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15529 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Hugh Henry Jones

Born 1876

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2433 Private Australian Infantry 55th Infantry Battalion

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David P Williams

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 11199 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 11199 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edward John Probert

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 10622 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10622 Private South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion

British Army 10622 Boy South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Robert Williams

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 28566 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Vortimer John Williams

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army 17932 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Hughes

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy J84143 Ordinary Seaman

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William Owen Williams

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS114051 Stoker 1c Colleen - Camelia

Royal Navy SS114051 Stoker 1c HMS Camelia

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Stanley William Andrews

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy J20822 Ordinary Seaman HMS Bulwark

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Robert Williams

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army S 4050 Private Rifle Brigade 13th Battalion

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